Not The Footy Show - Nrl Podcast

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for Episode 276 of NOT The Footy Show as we kick off Season 2023 with the 7th instalment of The Recruitment Whisperers - recapping all the player singings since November. Dylan Brown gets the best short term long term contract ever from Parramatta, John Bateman finally signs a deal with the Wests Tigers, the Dolphins finally land (another) fullback, Sam Walker

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for Episode 275 of NOT The Footy Show for the 6th edition of The Recruitment Whisperers during the NRL Off-Season. We break down the Jackson Hastings for David Klemmer trade between the Wests Tigers and Newcastle Knights - how does each player fit at his new club and who got the best of the deal? David Fifita is in the sights of Canberra - and it's no longer

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for Episode 274 of NOT The Footy Show as they preview the big one - Australia v Samoa in the Rugby League World Cup Final. Australia will go in with the same 17 that defeated New Zealand, whereas injury will cost Samoa another starting hooker - with Chanel Harris-Tevita thrown into dummy half with a heck of a job to do. We predict the score for the Final and Man

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for Episode 273 of NOT The Footy Show as we recap the Semi Final Wins by Australia and Samoa at the 2021 Rugby League World Cup in the UK on the weekend. Australia defeated New Zealand 16-14 and Samoa edged out England 27-26 in Golden Point - with both the Kiwis and English left ruing their missed opportunity. We break down both Semis and we will preview the

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for Episode 272 of NOT The Footy Show as we preview the Quarter Finals at the 2021 Rugby League World Cup with all the favoured teams through to the knock-out stages of the tournament. Australia hadn't made the call on who was playing halfback prior to recording (Mal Meninga did so during our recording so keep in mind we didn't know yet) but they should walk

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for Episode 271 of NOT The Footy Show for the 5th edition of The Recruitment Whisperers during the NRL Off-Season. Dylan Brown's manager declaring he's available to the very highest bidder should be setting off alarm bells at Parramatta with not only the new kids on the block the Redcliffe Dolphins keen as mustard but so will be a certain team from the Eastern

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for Episode 270 of NOT The Footy Show as we wrap up Week 2 of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup being played in the UK. In Week 2 - Australia looked tremendous, New Zealand scored the most points but Jamaica won World Cup's hearts, PNG still hit to hurt, the Samoans looked more likely and did Tonga take a step back? As for England - we are not sure about them...

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for Episode 269 of NOT The Footy Show for the 4th edition of The Recruitment Whisperers during the NRL Off-Season. With Josh Jackson retiring with a full year on his deal - Canterbury supremo Phil Gould now has a war chest for 2024 and beyond thanks to the cap flexibility Jackson's retirement gives them in 2023. Hello Mitchell Moses? Hello Latrell Mitchell? We

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for Episode 268 of NOT The Footy Show as we wrap up Week 1 of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup being played in the UK right now. We cover England's gigantic win over a woeful Samoa, Australia doing the business against Fiji and New Zealand cantering to a win over a spirited Lebanon but the game of the tournament so far was PNG v Tonga. We examine what the first

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for Episode 267 of NOT The Footy Show - the third instalment of 'The Recruitment Whisperers' as we discuss Luke Brooks, finally - almost certainly - getting his wish and joining the Newcastle Knights for 2023. It looks like Jake Clifford has been helped out the door to the UK and if the Knights decide Brooks is worth the investment - the Whisperers examine if

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for Episode 266 of NOT The Footy Show as we preview just how good the New Zealand Kiwis will be against the Rest of the World Cup in the UK starting this weekend. We also have to revisit the jersey number debacle that's a direct result of the Australian Rugby League falling asleep at the wheel (Yes Mal Meninga... this is on you) as they clearly didn't realise

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for Episode 265 of NOT The Footy Show - the second instalment of 'The Recruitment Whisperers' as we talk all things Supercoach Seibold being gifted the Manly job, Scott Penn saying bye bye Des Hasler and ask where to now for the Trbojevic Brothers?  You can be certain Gus Gould has already picked up the phone for them to join Canterbury in 2024.  We also cover

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for Episode 264 of NOT The Footy Show - the first of our 'The Recruitment Whisperers' shows for the NRL Off-Season to be released ahead of 2023. We cover off Munster and Hunt re-signing, wonder if Klemmer should sign with the Tigers, Tabuai-Fidow joins the Dolphins, Sullivan looks like he's off to Canterbury and ask what's happening at Manly? For the record -

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for Episode 263 of NOT The Footy Show as they break down the Australian Kangaroos Team for the upcoming Rugby League World Cup in the UK.  We pick our preferred starting lineups and the bench is particular point of contention - with where Jack Wighton ends up in the 17 a big factor in how we settled on our teams.  Despite some snubs at the selection table,

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for Episode 262 of NOT The Footy Show as they review Penrith's utterly dominant 28-12 win over Parramatta in the 2022 NRL Grand Final.  That's back to back Premierships for the Panthers - and thoroughly deserved too.  Parramatta were just outplayed and outmatched on the biggest day of the year.  We break down all the moments we thought mattered and congratulate

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for Episode 261 of NOT The Footy Show as we preview the Penrith Panthers v Parramatta Eels in the 2022 NRL Grand Final. We break down both team lineups and wonder if Brad Arthur has pulled off one of the great all time selection ploys by waiting until the GF to recall Nathan Brown. You'll get our bold NRLGF predictions: Winner, fulltime score, 1st Tryscorer and

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for Episode 260 of NOT The Footy Show as they review Parramatta's 24-20 win over North Queensland and Penrith's 32-12 win over South Sydney in the Preliminary Finals. This now means it will be a Penrith v Parramatta Grand Final and Stadium Australia is going to be going off on Sunday October 2. Oh and has anyone seen Latrell? We analyse how the Cowboys and

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for Episode 259 of NOT The Footy Show as they preview Cowboys-Eels and Panthers-Rabbitohs in the 2022 NRL Preliminary Finals. Chances to reach an NRL Grand Final don't come along every day, so we give our predictions on the two sides we think fight it out for Premiership glory on October 2 at Stadium Australia. We also ask the question - Who wants to play for

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for Episode 258 of NOT The Footy Show as they recap big Semi Final wins by Parramatta and South Sydney in NRL Finals Week 2. So we say goodbye to Canberra and Cronulla and ask how good Souths can be if Latrell Mitchell and Cody Walker turn things up a notch next week? We also explore how it's Parramatta under all the pressure to take out the 2022 NRL Premiership

Join Robb Cox and Warrick Nicolson for Episode 257 of NOT The Footy Show as they give their predictions for NRL Finals Week 2 - Parramatta v Canberra and Cronulla v Souths in the Semi Finals.  We also discuss Phil Gould's lambasting of the NRL Bunker (once again and quite rightly) to open the show, then finally get off that and dive into why we think Parramatta or Canberra will meet North